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Quote #4
So, let the blue lump poise between my knees,
Like God the Father's globe on both his hands
Ye worship in the Jesu Church so gay,
For Gandolf shall not choose but see and burst! (47-50)
The reason that the bishop gives for having himself posed like, you know, God is that doing so will make Gandolf super-jealous. His competition with his rival has driven him to some pretty blasphemous lengths.
Quote #5
And leave me in my church, the church for peace,
That I may watch at leisure if he leers—
Old Gandolf—at me, from his onion-stone,
As still he envied me, so fair she was! (122-125)
The very last words that the bishop leaves us with are of his competition with Gandolf. He just can't wait to die and rub the splendor of his tomb into his dead rival's face, just as he used to flaunt his relationship with his dead mistress/wife. Yeah, that doesn't sound unhealthily obsessed or anything.